Chapter 44: The Legendary Life of the Old Khan
Haixi Cliff and Ma didn't notice the movement of their granddaughter in the middle, and they were still whispering to themselves.
Haixi Cliff is a military family, Ma was born in Chang'an, grew up in Chang'an, and the couple have heard rumors about the old Khan King of the Hu people since they were children. When the couple moved to the border city, they heard more stories about this person.
Although he has been on the border of Haixi Cliff for twenty or thirty years, although he is only a small civilian and has never been on the battlefield, he has experienced many wars. When they moved to Guazhou and became a landlord, the Hai family experienced several times of harassment by Hu Qi, although the houses in the city were fine, the pastures outside the city suffered a lot of losses, dozens of sheep and horses were lost, and even the houses were burned twice. Speaking of the culprit, Hai Xiya and Ma cursed the old Khan King a lot.
However, the old Khan King who is about to die of old age is also quite legendary in his life.
Although he is the son of the former Khan, he was born to the daughter of a rebel general, his mother died early, his mother's family was defeated, he was not favored since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was sent by his father to Dachu as a proton. But when his father and brother raised troops to invade Dachu, they didn't care about his life at all. He was almost arrested by the Great Chu Imperial Court to sacrifice the flag, and I don't know how he escaped, anyway, when he reappeared on the Hu Ren realm, he was already blind in one eye, missing two fingers on his right hand, and was seriously ill, no longer heroic.
However, this person still has some ability, with such a disability and illness, he can still hook up with the beloved daughter of a powerful nobleman within a year of returning to China, marry each other, and then rely on the power of the Yue family to ascend to a high position, becoming a figure that his father and brother dare not ignore anymore. His brothers died one after another very coincidentally, leaving only him and Uncle Wang, and Uncle Wang was willing to support him on the throne, so he successfully became the Khan King of the Hu people after his father died of a sudden illness.
This year, he was just forty years old. It has only been more than ten years since he returned from Dachu.
Before he ascended the throne, he instigated the Yue family to send troops to harass the border of Dachu. After becoming the king of Khan, he took charge of the army, and officially began to raise troops to conquer Chu. His physical weakness did not diminish his ambition by half a point, and the death of his two older sons on the battlefield in succession, and his wife's confrontation with him, did not stop him from attacking. In the past thirty years, he has invaded the territory of Great Chu step by step, and he has long been a big problem for the Great Chu court and the border army.
The behavior of this Khan King is the most criticized, and everyone in the northwest frontier of Great Chu can't help but scold a few words when they mention him.
In a disaster year, when the border army and the people were having a hard time, he had to send troops to fight.
When the New Year is encountered, the people of the border army are trying to breathe a sigh of relief and be happy, and he will also send troops to disturb him.
He will come when the grain harvest in Dachu will come, he will come when the grain is not harvested, he will come when the Hu people are strong and strong, and he will also come when there is no money and no food. He sent troops irregularly, obviously suffered a defeat, everyone thought that he would stop for a few years, but it didn't take long for him to send troops to attack again, and he robbed when he was short of food and grass. Because of his reckless military style, several older and capable sons and loyal generals were killed on the battlefield, and the national strength also became exhausted from wealth and strength, and many Hu people preferred to flee to Dachu to live, but he still refused to give up the eastward invasion.
His wife turned against him, and he killed the original partner with his backhand, confiscating the pawn and horse property of the original partner's mother's family; The faithful general died in battle for him, and he turned around and forcibly married his fifteen-year-old daughter, and took the family's soldiers and horses in the name of his new wife; The brother supported him to be the king of Khan and fought for him, so he snatched the only son that was hard to get, claiming that it was his own, and the suspicion of Uncle Wang's green hat spread to the northwest of Dachu, and Uncle Wang's wife was forced to commit suicide to prove his innocence, until the third prince grew more and more like Uncle Wang, and no one chewed his tongue anymore.
The only thing he can praise is probably not disturbing the passing caravans. He will only send Hu cavalry to attack the people of the city of Great Chu, but he will not kill or rob the passing caravans. In this way, the caravan knew that its personal safety was guaranteed, so it was naturally willing to take this trade route. The old Khan collected a large amount of tax money from it, which was used as military expenses.
The caravans that often go to the Western Regions usually have backers behind them, and many of them are powerful and high-ranking officials in Beijing. The Hu people's disturbance of the border did not harm their interests, and even if the Northwest Frontier Army repeatedly reported the disaster of the Hu people's intrusion, they did not take it seriously.
Now, the old Khan King, such a hated bastard, has finally reached the time to swallow his breath.
Ma said hatefully: "He has lived long enough!" God doesn't have long eyes, so he can live so long! As soon as he dies, let his wife and children fight with his brothers, dog eats dog, don't come to disturb the people of Dachu again! ”
Hai Xiya said lightly: "His prestige during his lifetime can still deter everyone, and as soon as he dies, the disasters that have been planted by the reckless military force in the past few decades will break out, and the Hu people will definitely be in chaos for a few years." When they recover, they will not be as strong as before. ”
Besides, apart from Da Chu, the Hu people are not without other enemies.
Ma snorted coldly, and was a little curious: "That Queen Khan, she won't reconcile with Uncle Wang, right?" ”
Hai Xiya shook his head: "Where is it so easy?" That's the revenge of killing my father......"
Queen Khan's father was also a general under the old Khan, and he had always been at odds with Uncle Wang - even if there was no discord in the past, the old Khan would have provoked discord between them. Ten years ago, the father of Queen Khan was in distress on the battlefield and asked for help, but Uncle Wang was late, and by the time he arrived, the former had already died of his wounds. It is rumored that Uncle Wang was deliberately late......
The father of Jin Guo, the maidservant of the Hai family, was once a slave of the officers under the father of the queen of the Khan, and was responsible for taking care of the vineyards. Because the master's family accused Uncle Wang of killing his boss, he was executed by the old Khan King and Uncle Wang, and the family's property and slaves were divided. Jin Guo's family died, and she was sold to Guazhou, where she met the Ma family and escaped the catastrophe......
With these past feelings, how could Queen Khan not hold a grudge against Uncle Wang? Even if the old hatred can be suppressed temporarily, now there is a new hatred between Uncle Wang's father and son who want to snatch her son's throne. There is no way for the two of them to reconcile.
Haixi Cliff and Ma talked about these gossip rumors, and they were very interested in seeing the jokes behind the old Khan King.
Begonia was secretly surprised in the back room. The life experience of this old Khan King of the Hu people sounds strange, could it be the scumbag proton who coaxed the second girl of the clan mansion to steal military intelligence in the last mission world?
But didn't the system say before that the second girl in love was "reborn" after being thrown to the countryside by her family to fend for herself, not only took revenge on her ruthless family, but also didn't let go of the scumbag?
How did she "not let go"?
When the old Khan King of the Hu people returned to the Western Regions, he was blind in one eye, missing two fingers in his right hand, and was riddled with diseases. But whether it is the former or the latter, such an injury did not prevent him from hooking up with the daughter of a powerful minister after returning to China, coaxing his wife and family to help him fight for power, and it did not prevent him from ascending to the throne and living to this age.
Why is he seventy or eighty years old? With such a long life, it is said that it is not in good health, so what is the delay? I heard that the little prince of the Hu people is not yet ten years old, calculating the time, this child was born to him in his sixties, he can be called old and strong, and he can still fight the idea of the Great Chu territory for decades!
I'm afraid that the younger generation of young masters and young ladies in the clan mansion may not have such a healthy and long life.
What kind of revenge is this?!
Haitang was angry and funny, and secretly scolded in her heart for the best love brain, and even revenge was not enough to give revenge, and at the same time reminded herself that if she met any enemies in the future, if she had the heart to retaliate, she would do things absolutely nothing.
If you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will suffer from it.
The lesson of the old Khan's counterattack on Dachu after fleeing back to China must be remembered!